facing 30 years in prison after federal prosecutors charged him with misusing presidential campaign funds to cover up the affair we with real hunter and the child they had together. on in this ninth day of deliberations, it took a strange turn when it was announced that the jur he reached a verdict. new, apparently, the judge mistakenly believed the jurors had reached a full verdict on all six counts but, you know, that is not what happened. the jury told the judge they had a unanimous decision on one charge involving the money from the 100-year-old wealthy northern virginia heiress, melon. and edwards is accused of masterminding millions of her money along with another donor. -- the mistress as he ran for president in 2008. observers in the courtroom said that edwards looked happy when this announcement was going on and he was smiling at his

family. the attorneys noted and argued immediately this afternoon for a mistrial on all of the other counts. one of the verdict announced. that was not announced at first and later it was. the judge told the jurors to keep deliberating, they went back in and came out 45 minutes later and said this is what it was. they had deadlocked on the five counts and reached a not guilty verdict of the other, so, this is the end now. the john edwards trial is over for now. the defense team had argued strongly. the money in question here was never part of the campaign contributions but, instead, were personal gifts from edwards' friends. we're monitoring this at the courthouse. if john edwards comes out to speak, we'll bring that to you as soon as it happens. >> is there any indication prosecutors may retry him on the five counts? >> reporter: that is a possibility. until we see some of the people come out of this courtroom at this point, laura, that is just conjecture at this point. i can tell you in the last

couple of days, the events have gone on nine error redays now and the jury deliberation -- 9 days now and the jury deliberated. many questions was what is this costing the federal taxpayers. the questions will grow louder now as this end period in a mistrial. >> absolutely. tom fitzgerald, thank you for bringing us up to date. it was a sendoff like no other. washington, d.c., had a find farewell to chuck brown today. and i hear there are many, many highlights. >> reporter: i'm having difficulty hearing you and you know what? it's hard to pick -- this is good they turned it over to chuck brown and to the musicians and the fans who were

personally caught by the godfather of go go uck hear the calls of the funeral home in celebration and the party started long before the program and with some long lines outside and long lines inside. >> reporter: people stopped first to sign an oversized drawing. >> this is tough today. >> reporter: this longtime radio favorite played host. >> i'm a dj. and when i start it like this, hit it. throughout is the program it was a larger-than-lifevo. >> and every time i'm seven years old, started playing the piano. >> reporter: city officials are preparing permanent monuments.

>> and i'm going to send over a piece of legislation to the council. >> chuck brown loved d.c. and we loved him back. >> reporter: d.c.'s congressional delegate is interviewing a resolutions to designate august 22nd his birthday as chuck brown day. >> and this should be a building at the park and. >> reporter: there was comedy. >> a chuck brown party with no cover charge. >> reporter: most lit program was about music. chuck brown's brother sang it's so hard to say goodbye [

singing ] >> reporter: chuck brown is dead at 75. gone and with on and the go go hall of fame to be named after him, he will not be forgotten. shawn? >> indeed. karen gray houston, thank you for sharing that tonight. and to a developing story in the district. a water main break on a busy stretch of road in northwest. creating traffic and business problems all day long. it happened this morning on connecticut avenue and n street. john has more. >> reporter: let's start with traffic. if you widen out, at least connecticut avenue is opened in both directions now and northbound connecticut avenue is open two to three lanes of traffic almost normal. southbound, unfortunately, only one lane of cars is getting by. let's go to the hole now. the water main that broke was installed in 1947. and that is a cast iron pike and nobody knows why they break

but it's pretty old and the reason it's taking so long to get to it, it's -- changing a whole section of pipe and on top of the water main, there are power cables, optical power cables and telephone lines. if they move too fast, they create more problems and, believe me, this neighborhood today had problems early on, it looked like a puddle on the corner of connecticut avenue and n street. inconvenienced, if you will, for the low-paying cuts. early responding d.c. waterworkers knew there was a big problem underground. and when they managed to open the northbound manhole covers, more water began rushing out because part of the roadway had begin collapsing from the rushing water below. the fire police officials closed down the vehicle and pedestrian traffic on connecticut avenue. the lack of water closed main

restaurants. >> and -- on a thursday. it's a beautiful day outside and that is out and about and -- we were close to the day and we apologized. without the water and we were not able to open up today. >> reporter: some nearby office buildings were ordered evacuated by d.c. fire marshals. the fear was compromised electrical systems. >> in this downtown building, the water came in longside the main electrical copdue it and not all the way up in the street. in this case, the water certainly is -- >> the underground arrived in and got filled with water. the managers ordered cars to be towed out. and that electrical room was flooded. >> and that did not cause problems and they will need to

be replaced. >> have to do it. >> have to do it. they were waterlogged. >> reporter: the supervisors for d.c. water estimate it's going to be until midnight, at least, until water restoration occurs in the northbound buildings and there is so much underhighway patrolling of m street, that d.c. water would put in a patch and a month or two, come back for repairs for the streets and to convince d.c. to do a permanent repair and -- to do a permitten in repair. and this pile driver is knocking out more in the roadway. they found at least three valves that need to be replaced. tomorrow, connecticut avenue is probably open, n street in the neighborhood is probably not. back to you. >> brian, that is already a mess down there and there is no

fun for anyone having a part of that and thank you. >> a fiery crash killed a driver of the car. the car hit a telephone pole in marlborough pike until 3 a.m. the accident brought down wires that caught fire and pepco crews cut the fire to the lines before firefighters could get to the car. the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. it was yanked off of the road. the feds shut down 26 bus companies to transport the passengers from new york to florida after a yearlong investigation. the government determined the company was a danger to public safety and the investigation focused on three major companies and on to i-95 coach and new century travel and the tony bus express line in bowie, maryland. and back to the big story tonight. john edwards at the podium today after a mistrial was descleared. >> and almost 9 full days

deliberating, trying to reach a fare and just result into the evidence of the law and all i could say is thank goodness we live in the country that has the kind of system we have and i think the jurors are exemplary for what they were supposed to do in this country. they were very, very impressive. the second thing i want to say a word about is responsibility. and this is about me. i want to make sure that everyone hears from me and from my voice that while i do not believe i did anything illegal or ever thought i was doing anything illegal, i did an awful, awful lot that was wrong. and there is no one else responsible for my sins. none of the people who came before and testified are responsible. nobody working for the government is responsible. i am responsible.

and if i want to assign a person who should be held a countable for my sips, honestly, i -- sins, honestly i don't have to go any further than the mirror. it's me. me and me alone. next thing i want to say a word about is for people i love, it's been an incredible experience for me to watch. my parents, my dad just turneddity, my mom is 78 and -- they come here from robins, north carolina, every day to be with me and to support me and i love it so much and they did a wonderful job raising me and me brother blake and sister kathy, who i also love dearly. i also want to say a word about my own children. kay, who all of you have seen, has been here every single day. she has been here no matter

what, no matter how awful and painful a lot of the evidence was for her. the evidence about her dad, evidence about her mom. who show loved so, so dearly. but she never once flinched. me is said i live, i will be there for you no matter what and i am so proud to have had her with me throughout the process and finally, emma, who turned 14 recently, emma and jack who just turned 12 who i take care of every day, and i have not been able to see them as much, but i see them in the morning, i get their breakfast ready, get them off to school and then we get home at night and all eat supper together. i love them both so dearly. y that such an important part of every day of -- they're such an important part of every day of my life and finally, my

precious quinn who i love more than any of you can ever imagine. and i am so close to and so, so grateful for quinn. i'm grateful for awful my children, including my son wade who we lost years ago but, you know, this is the last thing i will say. i don't think god is threw with me. i believe there is some good things i have to do and whatever happens, what i'm hopeful about is all of the kids i see in the porest part of the country and in the world that i can help them. and in whatever way i am capable of helping them. and i want to dedicate my life to being the best dad i can be

and to help the kids who i think deserve help and who i hope i can help. thank you all very much. >> you have been listening to john edwards coming out to spoke a second ago and he was acquitted on one charge of campaign finance fraud and there was a mistrial. he came out to speak outside of the courthouse saying that while he did not believe he did anything wrong with regard the campaign finance violations, he said he did a lot that was wrong and took responsibility for his own sins. >> you saw his daughter kate there by has side, his mother and father, both 80 and 78 years old by his side as well. his daughter kate has been with him every day of the trial. the jurors today said they could not decide if he illegally used money to hide his pregnant mistress while running for president. a mistrial declared on five counts and put him on one count

of finance charge and it's clown ear on unclear. they will try to retry him and we'll see if that happens. >> we'll have more on this coming up here. military moms on and some eyebrows after photos of him breast feeding go viral. and that is one of the most popular books around. why 50 grades of shea is banned. and that is on the skinny -- . >> and show has taken a natural spelling bee by storm and the youngest person ever to qualify. 

. she's six years old, sharp as a deck and makes history this week. in the 85-year history of the national spelling bee, she's the young of the person to ever equal tie and there is a good chance there is more of this little girl. if her giggle doesn't platter -- flatter you, her mind will. >> it's really easy. trust me. >> reporter: yes, trust her. after all, she the only person who can still draw 12 tv cameras to a press conference after being eliminated from the scripts spelling bee. >> ingluvies. >> that is incorrect.

>> and it was exciting until that point. >> reporter: lore anne madison is the youngest person to qualify fart national spelling bee. at 6, she's past the age of other competitors. >> i love spelling words. >> reporter: she's from prince william county and has become the bee's -- and it's been much for her. >> i think it's a little bit overwhelming for me because it's a little bit too much. >> reporter: she said the waiting around on stage can be -- . >> really, really boring. >> and that can lead to this. >> you look like you were sleepy on stage yesterday. did you take a nap? >> yes. >> and to get my sleep. >> reporter: what is not boring to her? well, just a block about where the competition is taking place, there is a store. she got to pay the store a visit and that is everything

she got to do after being eliminated and has been the most fun for her. >> and with my friends after that word. everything was really fun and went and had dinner and after that, we went running around and to the store where i got stuffed peoples. >> reporter: when she grows up w. >> i want to be an extra biologist. speaking of that, i got an e- mail invitation. that i saw on my mom's blackberry to go to a real astrobiology lab. >> for the real future? >> i'm excited to go. i have a list. it's probably going to be a yes. >> probably and everyone will be -- [ indiscernible ] [ laughter ] >> reporter: at the national spelling boy, beth parker, fox 5 news. >> and you have to love her. more controversy surrounding the steamy novel "50 shades of gray." libraries in harper county, maryland, won't be able to get the book off of their shelves. they consider the book pornographic and won't make it available. and one wait list has more than

1,000 names on it. first, it was the "time" magazine cover and 9news now controversial breast-feeding photos are making the rounds and this time, this is involves military moms nursing in uniform. this is a warning. they may make some uncomfortable. two air national guard members breast-feeding on a base and this comes less than a month after the controversial "time" magazine cover that you may remember. i want to bring in pat shell, the director of the breast- feeding center for greater washington. thank you for being with us tonight and to talk about this. some who have seen this say it's their fundamental right. others have compared this to defecating in uniform. what is your response to that? >> reporter: when i hear that, it's sad, the remarks anyone can make. it's sad that anyone in the culture can be shocked by the basic act of breast-feeding one's baby women are allowed to

eat in uniform. so, it's not -- if it's considered, not considered unprofessional to feed one's self in uniform, you can't be denied to feed one baby's in uniform. >> huh. >> and full disclosure here, i have three children myself and nourished all three and i hate to play devil's advocate here, would it be too too much ask a mother in uniform to change into civilian clothing before nurse something. >> women today are already hurt, facing so many hurdles with breast feeding. when our women go back to work, they're now continuing to deal with adjustments to motherhood, the new baby, family priorities and trying to maintain a pumping schedule, location to use a breast pump, pump supplies and maintain a breast- feeding connect. if we tell women in the military to change their cloths to connect and breast-feed her baby, that can seriously

compromise the woman's ability to breast-feed. >> and puts a lot of stress. >> a lot of stress. >> and what is that to say that this is still sparking controversy. mothers have been nursing their babies since the beginning of time. >> the act of breast-feeding should not be a shock to our culture and subject to discussion. the biggest travelsty is the nutrition and proper foods fed to our babies from earth. lack of breast-feeding is leading towards childhood obesity, diabetes and heart disease. women need to defend their babies. our military should be a part of that. >> all right. should there be a policy in the military that, you know, they continue to talk about this? the military? >> i am proud of our military women. this is another way the military can show acceptance, recognizing equality, importance of a woman defending our country and also defending and protect her family and baby. so this could be one more

example of the support of our military. >> all right, thank you for being with us tonight. appreciate it. coming up, residents take to the streets to protest wal- mart's plan to set up shop here in the district. we'll have the latest when we come back. 

. a colorful parade in downtown d.c. today. and this is people cheering on the sidewalk and wait for example marching bands. >> and this is a protest parade against wal-mart moving into the district even though they plan to create more than 2,000 jobs. matt ackland has the details on the controversy. >> reporter: are d.c. leaders in bed with wal-mart? some people are sunset the mayor and couple are not pushing wal-mart to be a better employer. thursday, a large group of protestors put on from one of wal-mart's proposed signs on new jersey avenue to wal-mart's d.c. headquarters. for many people here, wal-mart

is welcome but local leaders should demand the retail giant is good -- [ indiscernible ] >> the mayor demanded that wal- mart offer better benefits, respect, dignity for the employees. >> new call wal-mart in 2002. and coming in against women. we have been battling against wal-mart since then, standing up with the women and the wal- mart associates and to make sure they get a living wage and the respect they deserve. >> reporter: for others, it's more than wages and benefits. they fear the new stores in d.c. pose a threat to their livelihood. >> won't last in the city. >> reporter: this man owns a small store in southeast. >> the wal-mart is a huge retail business that -- the small business in d.c. >> reporter: for some of the residents who live near the proposed sign, they love wal-

mart and for too long they have had to go too far for shopping. wal-mart will offer comp pettative wages and won't say how much employees will make in d.c. and they will say on average in virginia, 11 degrees 99 know an hour n maryland, $11.87 an hour. many protestors here say that d.c. leaders should know exactly how much wal-mart will pay before allowing them to build. in the district, matt ackland, fox 5 news. >> they will generate huge tax up to $10 million a year in the district. the big apple proposes a ban on sugary drinks. good idea or should the government butt out of our business? we'll talk to experts. and the city confirm that old people smell different. not so bad. the details are next. 

. if you like a supersize soda in your city, you supply to act fast. if mayor bloomberg has his way, he will offer a proposal to ban sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces. establishments that don't comply will get pit hit with a $200 fine with each offense. some people think they're focusing on the wrong thing. >> for many factors contributing to childhood obesity. the biggest is soda and other sugar sweeteners. >> it's not the mayor's job to decide when what sort of soft drinks people in manhattan or anywhere in the world want to buy for that matter. >> and the city board of health and the commissioner still need to approve the plan and that could take effect as early as next march. here to help us you out is the founder of keep food legal join us. we want to thank you both for

being here today. >> thank you. >> and my husband saw the story and said what is next, the bacon on my double cheeseburger? and should government be in the business of regulatings what we eat and drink? >> regulate, yes. banning, no. i feel like that legislator in illinois who wanted to throw the papers up in the air yesterday. this is not the proper role of government. >> a where does the academy of dietary and south air stand? >> it encourages all consumers to be aware of what they're consuming for beverages and to make sure it's part of a healthy overall diet. >> you think the government should be in the business of banning what we eat or drink? >> it kind of supports evidence- based science and us this evidence-based programs. to date, the research lacks in showing that programs like this would be effective in changing consumer behavior and us this changing the rates of obesity.

>> and advocates said that it's costing the country millions in healthcare and killing people y. not try to make america healthier? >> sure. try to make americans healthier, their is no evidence this will do that and there is good evidence it won't. can you see mayor bloomberg hasn't said anything about how many pounds this will help new yorkers lose the next year or two or about the science that this is based on. it's something just thrown against the wall and hope it's fixed and that is his whole public health approach for years now. >> it's not abandon what? >> ec, letting parents decide for children and not treating adults like children. those are important lessons that i think everyone should embrace. >> and south air drinks banned over 15 up ons in new york city. is that enough to make a true impact or the start of what should be a larger movement here?

>> reporter: well, we than obesity is multifactoral and many factors play into this: exercise, diet and he's focusing on one individual item and that is not an effective strategy and the evidence doesn't support that. >> bottom line, what do you say to this one bail something. >> i think she's right that education is important and i don't encourage people to dripping soda and neither does my group, but mayor bloomberg is supporting national donut day tomorrow and has a problem related to that. one doughnut has as much sugar in it, calories, as a 32-ounce soda and i think -- judge we need to get priorities. >> he needs to get the priorities straight. >> there you go, the founder of keep food legal and from the national dietishian association, thank you for being here. >> thank you. old people smell, you heard

that? old studies suggest grandma doesn't smell bad after all. researchers collected body odor samples from people in three different age groups. the second group was asked to smell the samples and identify which came from the older group. turns out the body odors from older people are less intense than those of middle age or younger people. all i can hear new is me grandmother watching the story saying shawn marie, what are you talking about? y told you so, shawn marie. >> oh, all right. i didn't write the story or come up the with the study. i want you to know. coming up tonight, what was supposed to be the best -- quickly turned into a nightmare for a newlywed couple. and he's one of the richest people in the world. mark zuckerburg can be a will stingy when it comes to tips. next. next.  i should be arrested for crimes against potted plant-kind.

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. a horrible memory for newlyweds in florida. while they were saying their i dos, the thieves walked into the reception and stole all of the gifts from the guests. by the time the wedding was over, the thief walked away with $5,000 stole the groom's wallet and all of the cash in the brides maid's bags. >> you can't describe how hurtful that is. it's just unbelievable that it would ever happen to anyone, much less us. >> instead of enjoying their reception, the new couple and guests spent their time being introduced by police. >> that is terrible. he's one of the wealthiest men on the planet and apparently mark zuckerburg won't tip if heed he doesn't really, really on like the food and case in point, he is honeymooning with his wife in italy and the meal cost $40 and

he didn't eat the -- leave a tip. they thought it was good but not good enough to tip. remember, he's worth 14 billion in. >> and does not tip. >> let me give you a tip, bid. [ laughter ] >> and our facebook page. karma. >> there you go. >> uh-huh. well -- the nfl cut short after he was support to prison for a race he didn't commit. the former football star is getting a second shot. dave? shawn, it's never too early to talk about football season in the nation's capitol. the redskins continuing oca and how did it look and another rookie quarterback with headlines? we'll talk about that in a moment. laura. and some severe storms tomorrow. sue is back with the forecast. don't go away. when mitt romney says

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. we don't think the end of may as being baseball season.

for the redskins, this is an important time, especially for the rookies -- rookies. dave ross has more now as to how they looked after another round of organized team activities. >> reporter: robert griffin 3 rome, we'll get to him in a moment. the other rookie quarterbacks managed to steal a spotlight by signing a piece of paper and we're talking about the round pick from michigan state officially becoming a member of the burgandy and gold. announcing it on twitter as everyone does. and going to the third round, joshua riverras from smu and rg3, expecting this to be a formality for this contract and he said the team gave him 100% of the playbook already and is comfortable with 50 to 70%. he enters -- with the redskins and the third year offensive tackle, coming off of -- suspected to end the 2011 season and both dedicated and seeking a fresh start. >> and this is unusual play, there the sun running around.

the guys, you know, definitely missing them and that is a good feeling. getting ready. -- . >> i think the coaches know i was committed. i just want to show them that i am their pro bowl that they drafted the first round two yearsing on. >> reporter: will show you i do everything the right way. i'm counting on them. we sat down and talked and i have the confidence in both of them. i don't have -- won't second guess either guy. i like the way they come in and how hard they work. and hopefully there is no -- . >> so far so good. otas continuing june 4th- 7th, followed by minicamp from june 11th to june 14th and with some time for training camp. before you know it, it's going to be september like that and talking about the regular season. >> and oh, my goodness. summer goes away and we're bummed. my gosh, you know. >> there is no offseason. >> and that is always so nice when september rolls around. the football season begins.

>> fun for us. >> love it. >> thank you very much. he had a lifelong dream to play in the nfl. his career was cut short when he was sentenced to prison for a crime he didn't commit. ten years after being charged. the seattle seahawks said they will give him a tryout and the several other until, including the redskins are in contact with banks. incredible stories. >> yeah, really. and sue, my goodness. talk about incredible. the weather. >> isn't that beautiful? >> overnight and can you so that looked like across the city and that is a beautiful afternoon and evening. enjoy it. you know what? tomorrow night. >> and might be busy area. we're giving you some warning that we talked about this yesterday, too, and we're enjoying this thursday because of the end of the workweek tomorrow. maybe some strong to severe storms in the afternoon, which we will talk about in just a moment. let's look at the temperatures around the region, and i think

we're up to 85 degrees out and the big difference is the humidity is lower and can you see here, quantico at 89 and that is warm. that has a lot to do with the win directions and what we call a downsloping effect to help the temperatures pop up. even though you are not noticing it so much. gaithersburg, 79; martinsburg, 79; winchester, 79 degrees as well and through the evening, we'll keep that humidity nice and comfortable. eighty degrees at 7:00 and by 9:00, 75 and under mainly clear skies. later tonight, some clouds roll in. i think around 11, we'll notice the clouds and a temperature of 72 and the warm front is coming through later tonight. we can begin to so a couple of showers showing up with that through southwestern virginia. closer to 4, 5:00 in the morning, we might see a couple getting in here. once the warm front goes through, we will keep an eye on what is happening through the chicago area and to the south. we have had reports of wind

damage and this lone so far hasn't produced tornados. we think as it's closer to the east tomorrow, that is going to not only increase the humidity around here, but also some jet level energy that get some of the storms rotating and those rotating storms could potentially be strong and producing wind damage and isolated tornados. we going to have to watch tomorrow afternoon. start watching around 4 or 5:00. conveniently, we'll be on the air to let you know what we see coming in our direction. we do know this: the storm prediction center is from southern to central pennsylvania all the way down to the carolinas and we'll have to watch tomorrow afternoon. for potentially large hail, damaging winds, and you know, we have had a lot of rain in the area and these are slow moving storms that can produce flat flooding. we have to watch. in particular, the storms tomorrow afternoon show the potential is possibly rotating and that is when we get the isolated tornado rift. we watch that for you and this is future cast.

let's show you don't have anything to worry about for the most part in the morning, maybe an isolateed shower coming through and nothing damaging. perhaps watching one or two showers here and there. quickly into four or 5:00, some of the storms are the ones we'll have to watch. they're the loan rangers doing the spinning and through northern and central virginia. and then more of a line forms up around 11:00 or so and that is producing heavy rain and gets each of our area after midnight and saturday is looking delightful. maybe an isolated show or sunday as we go on through here. overnight for us, it's going to be a comfortable one with a temperature of 63 degrees. we get through today and this evening in fine style. friday's temperature warm at 84 and that will notice the humidity and with the humidity, some fuel for potentially strong to severe damaging storms tomorrow afternoon. we settled down for saturday and a couple of showers on sunday. >> okay, thank you, sue. fox 5 has a new traffic app to help you steer clear of the

worst of d.c. traffic. it's free and easy to use. you will probably want to use it. laura shows us how it works. >> reporter: the wave is available for android and iphone users and a beta version for blackberry and provides turn-by-turn navigation and real time traffic updates. the best part, it's free. take a look. >> let's get started. >> with gps navigation, it's just for when you are heading to somewhere you have never been before and you want to use it daily during the commute. once you learned the preferred route and it let's you know what classic events you will encounter along the way, it provides realtime updates as you drive alerting you to incidents and adjusting your e.t.a. and with a glance of the map, can you tell how traffic is flowing. the information is generated. what to install to become a part of the online traffic community. the speed commuters are

traveling helps them detect gridlock in place and can you report incidents like construction and even some speed traps or traffic stops. >> how can i help? >> reports ahead. the hands free feature works with the iphone. >> minor, major, or giant? >> minor. >> reporting minor accident. >> that is the only way drivers share information. hence the key word will move and warn you it's for passengers only. the passengers can be a big help, even having pictures of accidents for backups. you will notice someone is attached to the photo when you see the paper clip next to the icon and can you chit chat your messages. you so the number 5? that leaves the user as a fox five -- [ indiscernible ] to join our group, type in fox 5wazer and click that plus sign. you will be able to see what

they saying and communicating since julie wright to help add to her traffic report. if you don't have that hands- free feature and you want to spread the word about something you saw, you can all wait until you get to your destination and send a message to julie and the fox 5wazer once you park. i spoke to jewely about all of this this morning. >> my husband is excited about this. this is on the way to interact with commuters, and it's better, i feel, like the cameras because we get realtime information and, again, i wanted to point this out, we were able to talk about the major accident that is tieing up the bike this morning. this person comes out of forestville and remains anonymous which, is okay. you don't have to give us your title. can you remain anonymous, okay with us and he's a member of our fox 5 group, what laura is talking about. he is a fox 5wazer. laura's pointing out the paper clip and that means there is a picture attached. this is pulled over to the park

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emergency care, although none of the injuries were serious. oslo's mayor launched an investigation. after the concert, he was whisked away on a police cigarette boat. bieber fever. thank you very much for joining us at 5. the news edge at 6 starts right now. a healthy story from north carolina tonight. john edwards said he didn't do anything illegal but did a lot of wrong. the former presidential candidate spoke outside of a courthouse after the judge declared a mistrial on five charges. tom fitzgerald with this in the newsroom. >> reporter: it's been a long and winding road and from this last day of the trial. january edwards thanked his family for the support and focused the reports on himself and reiterated that he said he does not believe that he broke any laws.